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Parrot Slide
Is the flock of mindless slogan parroting sheep on the down slide?
Are people finally jumping off the sinking ship that is the Bush bandwagon?
Hey, you’re not supporting the troops! You’re a terrorist symathizing, flip floping, anti American! God bless America! Woooohooo!
(splat) No, that was the last of them.
Parrot Slide
Work at Home Lifestyle – Do You Need a Separate Room for an Office?
It’s almost impossible to write an article that is a one-size-fits-all solution to setting up a home office. For each one of the millions of internet entrepreneurs who work at home, there is a different answer to the question, “What should a home office be?”
To give you a good example of what I mean, my best friend, Melina, and her husband came over for dinner tonight. She walked in the door as relaxed and smiling as a person can be, put her salad in the fridge, and slapped a file folder down on the counter… then poured a cup of coffee. With her feet on the chair next to her, she told me all about her trip to South Carolina, laughed at my story about my mail-order bee hive (a new hobby), and we gossiped for about twenty minutes while the men put the steaks on the grill.
Near the end of dinner, she grabbed my cordless phone, picked the file folder up off the counter, and made a collection call to one of her customers in her storage business. She was cheerful and bright, got a credit card number for the late payment, scribbled it on the outside of the folder, hung up, and jumped right back into the conversation. She hardly even broke her stride, mixing business and pleasure as seamlessly as if she were swimming. Obviously, all Melina needs is a pen, a folder and a phone to be productive and make money. Wish I could!
By contrast, even though I am working from our vacation home, I was near tears for the first two weeks here because my desk had not arrived. I ordered it the minute we unpacked, and because of a delay in shipping, I hardly got anything done for two weeks! My laptop was on the breakfast bar, internet blazing, phone line in order – but I couldn’t settle down, couldn’t find my files, couldn’t think about what I should do next. I’m obsessively organized – and I’m a work-at-home entrepreneur that needs structure – no matter what!
To tell the absolute truth, I am quirky about my office. I have a specific ivy plant that must be on the left corner of my desk. I need a scented candle beside it. I have six favorite books which must be visible from my desk. I have lucky pens, and cannot work with any other brand. This is all true, and after reading what I just wrote, I may need a prescription. Still, that’s how I work, and don’t expect me to “do-it-on-the-fly” like Melina. It’s just not my style.
Whether you work like Melina, or are quirky, like me, your home office is your base. When you work at home, you deserve to have the environment you need to be most productive; so, take a careful look at your work habits, then design your office around what it takes for you to get things done.
At our “real home,” my office is a playroom, office and laundry room. That might sound less than ideal, but it’s the best place for me to do business full time. It’s a large room, and since the kids homeschool, I like to have their desks near mine, so that I can help them with their lessons. Not to mention, I’m on the internet so much – I know better than to let the kids get online without supervision! With all of us in the same room during the school/work day, it’s convenient and friendly. I get to be with them, and we have learned to respect each others’ needs in our separate endeavors.
The fact that the office is also a laundry room means that I only do laundry at night. It’s one of the little compromises I have to make to work at home, because it sure sounds unprofessional for someone to hear the spin cycle when I’m making a business call!
My favorite thing about working from home is that I can have all my favorite things nearby to inspire me. I have a brilliant collection of motivational books, and sometimes, just seeing a title will remind me of something I learned – that I can use right now. We also have three parrots, and they are friendly, happy creatures who love to be out of their cages, on perches and stands (and fake trees) close to their people. When I work at home, the parrots are with us in the office, quietly preening, sleeping or snacking – and very content. When they misbehave (this means screaming, showing off, talking very loudly and bossing the dogs around), we just put them in their cages until they settle down. I would not dream of owning such beautiful creatures if they were forced to live locked up all day long while we were at “an office.”
So what corner of the house Can You turn into “your world?” It doesn’t have to be big, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be separate from your family, but it has to be functional, comfortable, and most of all, you have to be able to get rid of distractions in your work place.
A few items to consider are:
Please feel free to add your comments to this article, or to the forum, if you have other tips, suggestions, dos-and-don’ts, or ingenious solutions for creating a home office.
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2 irishmen were on top of a cliff , mick and mac they were called, mick had a budgie on his shoulder, and mac?
had a parrott on his shoulder, right said mick are you ready, yes said mac,so they both jump off, and end up in hospital with broken bones, mick says to mac, i dont know why people do this budgie jumping, i know says mac i wouldnt do this parrot gliding again. a blind man walks into a pub and holds his dog up and starts turning round in circles, what are you doing said the barman, just looking round says the man, an englishman, an irishman, and a scotsman, were at the fair and bump into a genie with a magic slide he says this is a magic slide, when you slide down it just shout what you want and it will appear at the bottom of the slide, so the scotsman slides down and shouts GOLD and at the bottom is a pile of gold, then the englishman goes down shouts SILVER, and at the bottom is loads of silver, the irishman slides down and shouts WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. A SANDWICH walks into a bar and asks for a beer, the barman says sorry we dont serve food.
liked the one about the budgie jumping and parrott gliding, being from Northern Ireland I understand that sense of humour lol, cheered me up anyway, thanks
Senegal Parrot and Budgie Parakeet Sliding Down A Slide Trick
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